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1363mm}: PARLIAMENT THE PREPERENTIAL TRADE QUESTXON. Mr. McNeilkâ€"Before the orders of the are called, I would like to ask will the Government instmct the Canadian delegates to the colonial conference to endeavor to secure the (to-operation of the Australasian and South African com- missi mots in furtherance of that policy of preferential trade between the self- governing colonies of the empire and the mothei- comm?“ . . mL-...-ann and in reply: I Suva-A» - V , Sir John Thompson Ram 1 think the House win see that. inopwrtune fnr me to discus: ent moment. the question of 50115 to the Canadian dale: intercoloniai conference, but which the hon. member has 1 {30 immediately connected wi pets which are generally 11 ”L4,. «A gunman the think the now-u wu- W: V__,, inopwrtune for me to «human at. the pres ent moment. the question of the instruc- tions to the Canadian delegates to the intercolonial conference, but, the subject. which the hon. member has referred m is ' mediate-1y connected with the sub- jects which are generally undemuwd to be ‘how likely to engage the attention of the conference that I think he may fairly asaumc that it is one that will no: fail to be considered by the delegates during their deliberations. l‘lâ€" -vV Mr. Martin resumed the adjourned d9 hate on the bill to amend the criminal Oodo, after which the Emma went into committee of the whole to consider sev- aral amendments. 'nu: EDGAR SCANDAL. om: “WWS m comma. Mr. Edgar, on motion to go into supply A l complained of certain remarks which Sir , Adolphe Caron had made a. few days ago with reference to his connection thh the so-called Northern railway cox ruption fund. He said that Sir Adolphe had charged him with having handled the most corrupt election fund known during the political history of Canada. He con- tended that his connection with the fund was quite honorable and said that if Sir Adolphe would take the trouble to ask Sir Frank Smith about it he would find that he (Mr. Edgar) had done nothing wrong, and had only received money from the company for services rendered. He called upon Sir Adolphe to retract. Sir Adolphe Caron said, in reply, that since Mr. Edgar had recommended him to ask Sir Frank Smith‘s views upon the subject he would do 50. 1x SUPPLY. The House then went of supply“- _ .. ‘ v: our Mrffiéllullon made an attack upon the Intercolonial railway, and the Goyemment became there 11 a deficw of $25,9QO _la.s', year. v , blamed ad been A _ ...._/.n o uVuv-v v- ‘_- Mr. Fraser said that he could not agree“ with Mr. McMullan, even though he sat upon the Opposition side. The road con- uecved the provmces, and thuugh it, did not pay, it was doing a. good work, and he would not. grumble. Hon. Mr. Mills said that he agree d with the remarks of Mr. Fraser. No cogn- Hon. Mr. Mills said that he agreed with the remarks of Mr. Fraser. No coul- plainr. Would be made so long as the Height and passenger rates were the same as on other roads. ‘ Hon. Mr. Haggart said that. the road gotlcs‘i per mile for its postal service than either the C.P.R. or G.T.R. These walk got 315‘) per mile for their main line and $80 per mile for their branches. nos. MR. BOWELL’S Bxx'tzxsas. Mr. McMnllen asked how much Mr. Bowen’s expenses had. been in connection with his Australian tour. “Inn luv ~Iuvu-w.â€"â€"â€" V‘ _, Sir John Thompson replied that these exycnscs amounted only so about. $2,000. Mr. Charlton advised Sir John Thomp- sun to send a. commercial agent. to Wash- ington: Ht: thought. that Canada. had vast. interests at. stake in the United States, and that. it. would be well w have an agent. at. the American capital to look after them. Hon. Mr. Mills complained because Mr. Noble. late postmaster, had been re- moved from his office of postmaster at Parkhill and Mr. Hutchins placed in charged. Sir John Thompson said that. com- plaigts‘l‘md been made by the public as ~- - "VI.“ :“amfl_ n-quw ...._. V.--_ n to Mr. Noble’s manageme'ht. TEe inspec- tor investigated and reported. Mr. Noble hid. accepted another position in the Government service. ADJUTANT-(EEXERAL POWELL’S REIN- STATEMENT. Sir Richard Cartwright said that be fore the next. item was falcon up he would like to hear what. the Minister of Militia. had to say with reference to the suspen- sion of Agiquant-Geneya! Powell. , 0A L.__ an)» v. .hu‘-â€"“_v -,____ Hon. Mr. Patterson said. that on Satur- day afternoon lest he had been informed personally by Major-General Herbert that he had suspended Col. Powell. Major-General Herbert then informed him that he. had sent him (Mr. Patter- son) a letter marked confidential upon the subject. Toâ€"day he had received an- other letter from Major-General Herbert, also marked confidential. He did not wish to make public these letters, par- ticularly since Adjutant-General Powell had not been placed in a. position to be able to reply. The n-ason briefly stated, why the Adjutant-l Lenora} had been sus- pended, he understood, was that he in- serted in The Canada. Gazette an adver- tisement without the sanction of the Major-General or of the initials upon the proof of the Minister. He had sent the following letter to Major-General Herbert this afternoon: VAXADIAX AGENT Dear General Herbertâ€"I have your re- port of the 6th inst, respecting the sus- pension oi Col. \Valker Powell. I notice that it is marked confidential, as was also your report of the 30th June. You refer to this latter report an being ofiicial but 1 cannot regard a. report marked confidential in that light. What I de- Sired. was such a. report as, Without detri. ment to the public service, could be sub- mitted to Parliament, and which as soon gs it had been submitted would become the pro; erty of the press. of the country. Upon consideration of the matter I do not deem the charge you specify against Colonel Powell as of sufficient gravity to warrant continuing his suspension for a longer period. You will be so good as to remove the suspension and reinstate him in his position as Adjutant-General. You will also please give directions that he be furnished with eopies of your official re- ports to me, so as to give him an oppor- tunity of answering and explaining the charges against him, with a view to such further action as may be necessary. Believe me, Dear General Herbert, Faithfully yours: (Signed) J. c. PATTERSON. Meier-General Herbert, 9.3., Command- ing the Comedian Militia. Ottawa, Ont. Major Sm H has asked the Minister if Major-General erbert had power to nd Adjutant-General Powall. A .1 r ___A._ l..â€" “An:bnn§:nr;oa Q:u Tnkn awruuu â€"..,_v__v . On the vote for penitentiaries, Sir John Thompson said the result of the recent investigation had been fully to exonerate Warden Lavell. The accountant was‘ found to be to blame for the omission to‘ make entries of certain transactions, and. he had been dismissed. In the matter of the binder twine factory, the Minister said it was expected that the profits would pay the expense of fifty convicts nmnloved in that branch. Several of- 0n the order being called for ghe 390. and reading of the Act‘ respectmg the tone f. Sir IIiitffiirfl’came-right; aged: “Ana we not. to have some axplanatmn on the subject?” ‘ Eon. Mr. Foster, who was renewed mth loud cheers,said: I did not thxnk guy hon. friend would need any explanatlon‘ after the treaty had been so long before the House, amt it had been d1§0u338d one session, and allowed to remaxn over for another session for the consideration of the members of the House. I do not know Quit I have v much further ex- ylmtlonto make that very full Tl IE CRIMILAL CODE- PARKlULL‘S Posnmsmk. um pmcn said in reply: I 58 that it. would bu OTTAWA, July 6, 1894. Eéeived for this year’s 3\T inm committee qussnos. \V AS! llNGTON . communication‘ which I made to the House on several occasions last year with reference to the treaty. There were one or two points which came up, particular- ly points upon which there were some little doubts with reference to the inter- ‘ tation of the treaty. Some of these doubts have been set at rest. One was with reference to the item of fish pre. served in their natural form, paissons conserVes nu natural, and l was not at all clear in my own mind as to the meaning of that. If it meant, as I supposed at the time, simply fish in the natural state, it would have cut us off from the benefit of a. very large industry in this Dominion in so far as the introduction and impor- tation was concerned, and that question was not definitely settled last year. Fur- ther communications haVe been had, as will appear from the papers brought down, and that is now set at rest. This clams includes what is called generally “canned fish,“ which are not preserved by the addition of other substances, such as sardines; but preserved salmon and lobster, and all fish canned or preserved in that way can come in under that clause. There was also a point of doubt with reference to the question of soap, as to what was meant by thatâ€"as to who- ther that would allow any soaps to come into the country or not. It does not. 1 contended last year against some adverse opinions that it meant simply castile soup, and that is what has been upheld by the French commissioners in com- munication with Sir Charles Topper. These: two points having been cleared away, we new approach the ratification of the treaty. and l am here to day 10 move the second reading of this bill. Sir Richard Cartwright twitted the Finance Minister with having changed his mind upon this subject since 12. If anything could discredit the acquisi- tion of treaty-making power it was the vacillation and discordance which char acterized the policy of the Government. For himself, Sir Richard would not con- demn the treaty any more severely than Mr. Foster had condemned it last year. We got very little and gave away a. great deal; we gained some $3U,UUU in concessions and gave about three times that in return. Taking into considera- tion the loss to the Canadian wine grow- VLU“ UAAV A‘Jn'k' -v -â€"â€"v -VV_, crs, it. was exceedingly doubtful if Canada. was to be congratulated upon this first fruit of the treat}:â€"}x1al§ing power. .\ ALHIV V. ~<Iv â€"-â€"â€"l ~77 0 A Col. O’Brien said, after re-enaeting the old treaty, it was remarkable that we should be found reducing the duties on luxuries like champagne. If we had any reductions to make, let them be made in the tariff upon our trade with the Mother Country. He concluded by moving this ‘ amendment: "While this House is will- ing at all times to sanction any treaty which, on fair and equitable terms, will add to Canadian trade, it is unable to assent to the treaty that has been made with France, on the ground that it will not prove reciprocal in its results, in that it gives to France greater advantages than Canada receives, being unfair and unequal, inasmuch as, according to one of its terms, France is entitled to the benefit of all commercial advantages which Canada may hereafter give to any other foreign power, not merely in tarm' matters, while Canada. is only to partici- pate in any reduction of duty granted to any other power in any of the articles enumerated in the treaty. It is further unequal and unfair in this, that while any increase in the duties on the class oi wines which under it France is to have advantages in respect of, entitles Francu to denounce the treaty, Canada. is not .unacd ‘4‘ f. v. I??? placed in the same position should any increase be made by Fmrcc m the mmiâ€" mum tamf winch 15 to be enforced so far mu...- uw-â€"-~ as Canadian products mentioned thcrniu are concerned; and in the upinion of this House it. is unfair and unjust. to the great, mass M‘ unusumers that. duties should be lowered, as by the treaty they are tu be, on articles ul luxury, while high duties are to be maintained on many of the necessaries of life, and this, too, at a time when, owing to the falling revenue, the duty 0.3.1} in be spared. w e I! 4,. 1"» uuv um, v..- __- V- . rm , Mr. Macdonald (Huron? follow. Ho objected to the treaty on the ground that‘ Canada. would give more than she would receive. Mr. Mcfiregor objected to the treaty, as the representative of Canadian wine producers. Ho quoted figures showing the extent of the Canadian wine industry and contended that if the treaty was rat- ified this great industry, which mould be protecmd by a Conservative Govern- ‘, meut, would be rliined. -‘.1 AL; AÂ¥,,1_A ........, W-.- _- _ W, V Mr. linoleum (York) said that he spoke as a. believer in the National Policy. He said than the(w‘oye1jx_lxncii§ was, or should be, a. National Policy Govermueut and should refuse to mtity the meaty because it, would not prove in the interests of the Canadian wine growers. If the National Policy was Worm anything it. should pro- tect. all classes of the public. He advised that in future, before negotiating trea- ties, the Government should take steps to find out the wishes of the people. Mr. Flint opposed the treaty as a. con- sistent prohibitionist. He confined his argument‘to prohibition objections. A l;, _ e .\ -_.‘L:L:L:..m, 311'. Dickey spoke also as a prohibition- isc. He said that he could not. see any provision in the trwaty that. an honest. prohibitionist. might not. vote for. ‘r-u , ,,_1 1L, 4.-.".4.-. HA f“ v“. v.v-v.. . - fl, __°_ , , Hon. Mr. Mills opposed the treaty. He said that it provided that Canada should not tax French wines more than a certain amount, while France could raise at any time the amount of her minimum tarifl against Canada, so long as she also raised her maximum. . . . 7' Mr. Cockburn opposed the treaty. He said that it. would ruin the vine growing interests of Canada. He had expected, instead of adverse legislation, such legis- lation as wuuld benefit. all classes of Can- adjan industryn _ ... L. Col. Amyot said that there were certain men in the House, such as Messrs. Me. Carbhy and O’Brien, who made it their business to vote against: any and everyâ€" thing which savored of the French. They would go so far as no break Con- federation it they could, because there were French people in it. They Would vote against the treaty because it was with France. _ .. ..‘ ‘. “Lulu ;. AIMâ€"vu- Mr. Girouard (Jacques Gamer) thought that. Canada. was in honor bound ’00 ratify the brainy: .. ‘. 1.‘ AIJLAA- 1.. uuo “~qu . Mr. Lachapelle continued the debate in French, strongly supporting the treaty. Mr. Edgar described the treaty as grossn 1y onesided and unfair. The exports xrom Canada. to the islands of St. k‘ierre and Miquelon were nearly as great as with France, and it was one of the extra» ordmary defects of the treaty that trade with those islands was not attached by it. He moved that the following be added to Col. O’Brien’s_ amendment: ““That it 91?- been forced to ratify this treaty by out- side infiuenees. W'hat were the facts with regard to the treatment or this treaty by the Government in the past? The charge of vacillation arose from the fact that last session the Government declined to ask the House to ratiiy that treaty. They had declined for the reasons then stated by the Minister of Finance. The fact ,was that the treaty was only signed at ; Paris eleven days after the opening of last 36551011. The House was only in session for sixty days after that treaty had been signed. This fact, that so short a time had elapsed between the signing of the treaty and the length of the session, was sufficient to lay the matter over for an- other year. There were certain matters “CUB auu Aunu‘. Inn‘xqu- ...v ._V , Hon. Mr. Ouimet thought that. it would be best for Canada. to stand by the act of her representative upon the occasion of her first treaty, else she might wait fifty yeam before she would have the chance of negotiating another treaty. The vote on Mr. Edgar’s amendment resulted 1n its defeat by 51 for to 11!! against. Col. O’Brion‘s amondmunt was then put and lust, M for, l‘lb‘ against. Hun. Mr. Laurier then moved an mucudnwnh condemning Lhc quernuwnt for not carrying out its pledge to estab- lish a. stemmhip line between France and Canada. The Vote resulted in thede- feat. of the amendment, 513 for, 109 against. ‘ - ‘ _, LL» ”1.4“ “sells-Duo The vum was then taken on the main motion for the second reading of the bill, which resulted as follows: 120 for, 41 against. nu A. ‘ “Hum“..ml that ‘31. “Eu-Luau. Sir John Thompson announced that | the fast lino subsidy Would be taken up ‘ at the next sittino'. FURTHER TARIFF CHANGES. Hon. Mr. Faster gives notice of the following fuxther tariff changes: Tea adultormod with spuxiuus lea! or with exhausted leaves, ur which cuntainsu great an admixture hf chemical or other deleterious substance us to make it unfit for use, to be prohibited from entering Canada. ! _.,‘1 orem. Horse clothing of iuto, shaped or other- wise nmnufacturcd, 30 per cent. Glass bulbs for elemric lights, 10 per cent. unnu- Framo clasps or fasteners for pu'm‘s, chatelain bags or reticulcs not more than seven inches wide, when imported by manufacturem of purses, chatelain bags or reticules for use in their factories, 20 per cent. Maylo sugar. ‘20 per cent. (icrmau looking glass, unsilvcrcd, 17:}, p0; cent. Satcens, for use of ors, etc., 25 ptjr cent. THE mLLox DIVORCE CASE. Mr. Sutherland moved the second read- ing of the bill, which has passed the Son- ate, for the relief by divorce of James George Dillon. Mr. Muswn opposed the bill. He said. that there was__l3ut one ground 9f divorce Ulfi, Um“, nu 1”“ \4v-‘v- "be following are added to the hue list: Ground logwuod, ground fustiu and patent. prepared dyes, bird skins and skins of animals not. native of Canada. for taxidermic purposes, not further manufactured than prepared fur preser- vation; from filings, album insides made of paper, hurso brush pads, “blasic fire“ and “satin white,“ and nitric of am- monia. in Canada. The person seeking relief should have a. clear record. He quoted from the evidence taken before the Son- ate committee to show that Dillon had taken his wife to France and there aban- doued her. He had abandoned her for six years, during which time it was not. shown that. her conduct. was in any re- spect improper. Ho thought that it would be improper go ggam. the divorce, £21131) chmumys, 10 since when before the Senate committee Dillon had refused to answer the ques- tion, "During these six years were you faithful to your marriage vows?” He said there were three reasons why the bill should not pass. First, the plaintiff had deserted his wife; second, his own conduct had not been proper; and, third. there had been celiusiou. n ,7,_HL uuoan.’ Mun. ~-v_ , Dr. Weldon said that at the present stage he would not discuss the merits of the case, but he simply wished to point out that the bill should be passed second. reading as a matter of procedure, and the facts inquired into in committee. TRADE RETURNS. Hon. Mr. Wallace, answering a ques~ tion, said that the value of oods export- ed last year from Niagara. rails was $1,- 452,430, and at, Eort Erie $1,403,868; and the imports for the same period at. Ni- agara. Falls $1,488,023 ; and at Fort Erie, $940,752. TUE MARIA MONK SEIZURE. Hon. Mr. Wallace, answering a ques- tion, said that certain books were seized j at Montreal in May last on the ground that they were of an indecent and im- moral character. He said that no letter could be found in the department upon the subject from Mr. Norman Murray. THE PROIIIBITION COMMISSION. Mr. Charlton, on the resolution to vote $38,000 for expenses in connection with the Royal Prohibition Committee, asked when the report would be presented. ‘ Sir John Thompson said that it might be expected at any moment. He had ex- pected that it would be ready shortly niier the opening of Parliament. It was not the fault of the Government that it had not been presented before. Mr. Paterson (Brent) -â€" What have 'lgompsonâ€"filt ul' corset manufactur- pcr cent. ad. val- C. P. R. DRAWBAUKS. Hon. Mr. Haggart moved the following 1 resolution: “That it is expedient to pro. vide that the words ‘originnl construc- tion‘ in section 1 of chapter 7 of the statutes of 1892, respecting the allowance 1of drawback on certain ertieles manufac~ tured in Canada for use in the construc- tion of the U.l’.l~t., shall be construed to extendto and include the first iron or steel bridge erected in a. locality, but not to any renewal or repair thereof.” The object, he said, was to remove doubts as to the applicability of the Words “origin- al construction” in the charter of the company, to the replacing of temporary structures of wood with iron or steel bridges. There was some doubt as to * whether the words of the charter would 9.13.5137, the doubt. having arisen when ap- pli_c_at.i9§1 yua- ‘mad‘o for uh? drawback. flu ~ --..'Jn-‘# ,..--..-_-__ . 7 , Mr. McCarthy thought it. was evident- ly a. desire on the part, of the C. 1’. R. to make the exemptions in case of “original constructiozgff apply to new works. .1. Sir John Thompson replied that these wooden structures were not in the origin- al plans, and the company thought it un- fair that, because they had managed, by laying temporary wooden structures, to open the road five years before the speci- fied time, they should new be hindered ‘in finishing up the road according to the original plans with iron structures. This would be in the interest of the manufac- tures of the country, as the bridges had to be made in Canada. _ THE INDIAN ACT. Hon. Mr. Daly moved the second read- ing of a. bill which had passed the Senate to amend the Indian Act. . s . n,» L:l‘l “111qu vs»; LBJ-“Lulu .-V.. 11011. Mr. Laurior objected to the bill on the ground that. certain restrictions which formerly obtained in the matter of deeding property by Indians had been re- moved. .- ‘ ‘.s 1-‘\ ,tiii.,1.. luu V ch Hon. Mr. Duly said that the bill simply‘ gave the Indians more power to deal with their own property. It provided that. they could deal with their own property as they wished, so long as it was deeded to persons who had the right to live on 1the reserve. The Finance Minister, replying to Mr. Charlton, gave the gross public debt of the Dominion on the 30th June, 12594. as $305,071,801; the not public debt $240,~ The House, on motion of the Minister, went, into committe bill to ratify the French treaty. tic! 1,, ~ -- ' J “‘1. -L‘l. "AV“ in. 3 Mr. McCarthy enquired whether it was proposed to reduce the duties upon wines from the Australian colonies in equal measure with the reduction of duties which would follow the coming into force of this treaty. 1 Hon. Mr. Foster replied that he had no hesitation in answering his hon. friend's question. “In the first place, the treaty,” he continued, “does not oblige us to give ne counuiuuu, uuva uvv Vaua- .w ,v a France preferential treatment on our market. It simply obliges us to take of? the ad valorem duty." Sir Richard Cartwright wanted to know what was to be done with United States wines of this class. seeing they were to be admitted free from France, Germany and Australia. V "he Finance Minister replied that at present it was not‘ the intention of the the Government to discriminate against any_cenntry. ‘1', :4“- :-. Lkn r-llIINlI nf any UUULLULJ . The Finance Minister, in the course of further discussion, said that the duty romiumd under the. treaty as it, appearq ed by the returns of last year would mnount to $150,000. Mr. Edgar having raised the question whether the new tariff bill ought not bu be amended so as to provide 101‘ the re- vu w” ducted duties on 11‘ much w iues -4. .1. The Finance Minister sa the treaty havmg become not be necessary to alter abatements in case of could he obtained by impw 'l‘reqty (Kat. ‘ .1,, “â€"1; ‘Avuv ..... The bill passed through committee and stands for third reading to-niorrmv. FAST ATLANTIC SERVICE. Hon. Mr. Foster, in introducing the resolution [or a subsidy of $750,000 for ‘ the fast Atlantic service, said the subject had this in common with the French treaty, that it was not new. The subâ€" ject had been one of many years discus- sion and consideration in this House. and four years ago a resolution was passed authorizing a subsidy of $500,000. To put it shortly, the reason why the Government recommended an increase of the subsidy was this: The whole policy of the desirability of a fast Atlantic ser- vice hanl received the approval of the House. Granted that the fast Atlantic service was desirable, and that we wish- ed for a service equal to our neighbors’, it simply resolved itself to this: It was impossible to get the service for $500,000. Holding the same views as to the neces- sity of the service, the Government had decided that if $500,000 would not bring it, as an outside limit they would go to a subsidy of $750,000 ten years in order to secure such a. service. A division of opinion might arise as to whether the Government and the country would go beyond the half-million in order to se- cure the advantage of a. fast Atlantic service. The Government had consider- ed the matter very thoroughly, and they had come to the conclusion that the ad- vantages were so great that the country would be justified in extending the amount to $750,000. To~day a direct line was operating between Australia and the Pacific seaboard; it only required the East line as a connecting line to complete the grandest scheme possible for a people to conceive. The delegates representing all the colonies had assented to the scheme. Mr. Charltonâ€"Will they also give sub- sidies? . Hon. Mr. Fosterâ€"Yes, they will grant subsidies. Continuing, he said that, all offers considered, Mr. Huddard’s, of $750,- 000 per year for the first ten years and of $500,000 {or the seeond ten years, was .A the best The speed was to be ‘20 knots i.~...A ub-‘l'hb‘. #3511 51.“? ~30 f '1 v Hip-r- an hour. \ Sir Richard Cartwrightâ€"«Then this is not a. ten years” but a. twenty years’ contract. Hon. Mr. Foster said that- the Govern- ment would. not for a. moment enter into this scheme as a temporary affair. This policy was to have the steamship line a. permanent afiair. The line will not only .- ‘ ‘ ,_-__ -5.“ n Tani-Am. flu: usuuunu nun.-." _,VV carry mails and passengers to Europe, but it will also carry perishable goods not at present possible to ship, and Hi this manner build up a. large trade at present unknown. The mercantile men of the country from east to west, regard- less of politics, are all anxious to see this line established. The Boards of Trade :und the farmers of the country wish to 'see this line established. The dairy pro- ducts, the finer meat products, etc., will find a. better market, and this makes it valuable to them. The cable and the swift ships were the pioneers which will pave the way for increased busines 3. Sir Richard Cartwright followed- He‘ said that a. great future was promis ed for Canada. when this line had been estab- lished. Similar promises had been made when the C.P.R. was first mooted, with a. result that he did not need to rel fer to. He‘thought that something should. have been said about the number of sh £1139 to be built and the cost o_i each. - L! UU Uuum uuu mug vvu‘ -â€" -..-..- Hon. Mr. Foster said that four ships would be required, and that the prob- able cost of each wouldbe £400,000 to £500,000. Sir Richard Cartwright thought this estimate too low. Sir Richard Cartwright thought there was a difference of two or three thousand miles against our route from Sydney to Liverpool, compared with the route via the canal. Hon. Mr. Foster said that the differ- ‘cnce in the distance was not so great, land that even if it was the time would be more than made up by rail across the continent. . Sir Richard Cartwright, continuing, said that during the winter months pan- sengers would not crass on. the Canadian line. That was the experience of New York ships that took the northern route. The line Would. not, therefom, my, since‘ it would not be able to carry as freight THE FRENCH TREATY. THE PUBLIC DEBT. Lu uvv we run, ~v flour, Shem, applesvbrz; cattle. .. It :0 Minister said he thuughb swung become law, it, would any to alter the tarifl', as in 08.50 of overpayments Lined by importers under the motion of the Finance into committee 9n the $750,000 men years in order 11 a. service. A division of t arise as to whether the and the country would go Jalf-million in order to se- smmge of a. fast Atlantic On sec- such expengifi'e ships. _It. ‘V least 3,000 tons of frelght make the line pay. Where ing from ‘3‘ -\ LL- would not pgy t0 ‘ 9MP Sir Ric‘hard Cartwrighi the line would have a {Nights and passengus since no freights would line from Australia. “-110 ”um nuav. w--â€". Sir James Grant explained. that Sir William Van Home, the eminent. au- thority on travel in this country, had shown that. this line was feasible. He spgko in high terms of the proposed Can- ,,.L:_L “A man andnrsed by :u and SPOKO 1n lllgu um mu v. u... r--‘ , adian route, which had been endorsed by the grand conference which had just closed its proqeedings in Ottawa. 1-, _L A ”-an unr- UanUu Aw Plvvvvunâ€"Dm 7, Mr. Kenny hoped the fast Atlantic scr- vico would be as great a. benefit to Can- ada. as the C.P.B. He believed that if the project succeeded great benefits would result to Capada. ‘ ”A“... “uh-Mm! result. no Uauuua. The subsidy was adversely critlclzed by Messrs. Martin and McMullen, and strongly supported by Dr. Weldon, who dwelt on the imperial advantages to be gained. Mr. Hazen advocated the claims of St. ‘ John as the terminal port. ' ~ ‘ n A J- -.... , ‘11?“ Hm (Yggk). k x OI‘K ). _ The resolution was then adopted and the committee rose and reported. INTEREST 0N DOMINION STUCK. Mr. McCarthy asked why it was that the interest due June 30 on Dominion stock had not been paid. Hon. Mr. Foster said that he had not heard of the matter before, and promised to look into it at once. ‘ FRENCH TREATY LAW. Hon. Mr. Foster moved the third read- ing of the bill respecting the French treaty. The motion carried. without dis- cussion. The Preferential Trude Idea. Adopted by Resolutionâ€"How the Vote Stood. Nearly all the colonial delegates are away from Ottawa. The following is the text of the princi- ‘ pal resolution adopted by the conference on motion of Hon. G. E. Foster, second- ed by fir Henry Wrixon: AALnu" -na nrnan-nqa Uu. U: u“. ‘â€"y..-‘, . 7, “Whereas, the stability and progressl of the British Em pite can be best assured by drawing continually closer the bonds that unite the colonies will; the Mother Country, and by the continuous growth of a. practical sympathy and co-operation in all that pertains to the common wel- fare; - . AL:_ m. ..nnv‘n+:l‘n\ and auuv 1 “ nd whereas, this cu-op unity can in no way be mor promoted than by the cultiv: tonswu of the mutual and 1 terahjngc _of their products; Lu: u.-. Wh\lnwpâ€"O~v o . “ Therefore resolved, that this confer- ence records its belief in the advisability of a customs arrangement between Great Britain and her colonies by which trade within the empire may be placed on a. more favorable footing than that which is carried on with foreign countries; “Further resolved, that until the Mother Country can see her way to enter into a customs arrangement with her colonies, it is desirable that, when em- pnweredto do so, the colonies of Great Britain, or such of them as may be dis- posed to accede to this View, take steps to place each other’s moducts, in whole or in pa rt, on a more lavorcd customs basis than is accorded to the like products of foreign countries ; o ,1 mm; :...~ Hm nnrmysos Nays~Ncw 50 land, Queensland- .lllu:|'rvu:---~.â€" â€". v , _, The delegates to the lntereolonial Con- gress having concluded their delibera- tions visited Toronto on \Vedncsdn y and wore entertained by the Board of Trade. The party took the beat for the Falls in the morning and were entertained at a banquet in the evening. Speeches Were made by Hon. Mr. Bowell, Hon. F. B. Sutton, New South \Vules; Hon‘ Nicho- las Fitz remld, M.L.C., Tasmania ; Sir Henry e Villicn‘, l{.C.G.M., Cape Col- ‘ony; Hon, Thomas l’layford, South Aus- tralia; llon. Albert Lee-Smith, New Zealmid; Sir Henry \VJiXon, K.C.G.M., Victoria; Hon. Simon Fraser, Victoria. All made excellent speeches, and stated that during their stay in Canada they had noticed the feelings and sentiments of the people were almost unanimous in favor of closer trade relations, both po- litical and commercial, between the dif- ferent parts of the empire. All spoke of the prosperity of Canada. The delegates and their ladies were showed the many points of interest in the city on Thurs- day and a. ride on the bay in the after- COLONIAL CONFERENCE. lntcn-oluniul Dole". noon, On This Particular Occasion He Mot the “'rong Man. However. " Sir,” he began to one of the clerks in the water ollice, as he waved a notice in his hand. “ here is a notice that if I don’t pay my water-tax before the day is out the water will be shut oil at ‘he house.” “ Yes, sir.” “ I call it an arbitrary notice, sir! It smacks of tyranny, sir ! I don’t propose to allow no corporation to bulldoze me E” “ No, sir," replied the clerk, as he kept on writin . “ It isn t Canadian,sir! The Czar of Russia sends around such notices, but the Czar of Russia doesn’t run Toronto. The idea of hopping on to a. Canadian citizen in any such way ! “ Yes, sir,” humbly replied the clerk. “ It has aroused me and I won't payâ€" no, sir. won’t pay if you shut the water 05 from the whole town ! More than that, sir, and I want to give you notice ; right now, that the hyena who comes up to shut that water oil will never live to do it! I’ll slay him, sirâ€"slay him in cold blood l” “ Yes, sir,” was the quiet response. “ If you had sent a. man to notify me that the tax was past due I should have given him the cash at once, but when this water board resorts to bulldozing l tactics with me, you have struck the t fi‘on man l Yes, sir, the wrong man!” 8 “ es, sir.” Ll “ We talk about the freedom of the Canadian eople l” continued the man, as he pacedJup and down, “but where is it? Thisis asample of itâ€"this arbitrary notice! I must put up or shut up. Here we are, living between two great lakes, and a. bay pouring millions of gallons of water past our doors every day in the year, and yet I must pay for Water! Not only that, but I must be threatened and bulldozed and walked on S” “ Yes, sir,” said the clerk with a nod. “ But I’ll never do itâ€"never! I’ll die in the last ditch! I‘ll show this water board that the spirit of British liberty still lives, and that there is one man in this town who can’t be walked on E” “ Yes, sir.” The British patriot paced to the doom and back. No one looked at him. Busi- continued right along as usual. He waisted fully five minutes for some awful sr- calamity to occur, and then walked up it, to the same window and the some clerk, le laid down the notice and a $10 bill, and he» ve uietl said: 13:3 . .y , .l.-- in wacénrr‘nv, hut fflr- uvw.«., '7 ery gummy - “ Meant to‘comc m xesmrday, but for- get. it. Take her out. “Yes, sir,” replied the clerk, as he handed over the receipt. and the change. “ Hot weather, this ?” “ Yes, very hot; good-bye '." ).s, this eta-operation and ) way be more effectually by the cultivation and ex- mutual and profitable in- HE'S A PATRIOT. " l """"" 1 mlved, that this mnfer-‘ Jelief in the advisability Lngcment between Great colonies by which trade re may be placed on a Footing than that which South \Vales, New canton Entertained. u.u--__, V, Jen, and ion, who gas to be ms of St. a like the 3 OX, and 351;. y Messrs. Maclean opted and l. FUCK. , was that. Dominion Wave anu wmu m... "n...“ ._ S wall a speech that no man knowcth, rec that Bighcth, wind that hlnwcth. Wave that flowcth to the sun; W'ave and wind and willow tree. Peerless, perfect poets ye Singing songs all Bangs excelling, Fine as crysml music dwelling In at welling fountain free; Peerless. perfect poets three. II. Wave and wind and willow tree Know not augllt of pucts‘ rhyming, Yet they make a silvcr chiming Sunwunl climbing minstrclsy, Soother than all songs that be. Blows the wind it knows not why. Flows the wave it knows not whither, And the willow swaycth hlthcr, Swnyeth hither witlcssly. Nothing knuwing save to sigh. Some old people have an idea they are occupyingspace which younger ones want. The agility of a man’s tongue is no Sign of the size of his brain. No Woman can do as much as she says. \Nheu a man says he is perfectly happy he lies, and when he lies he is found out, ‘ and when he is found out be h; not. happy. “Amen” is the only honest word in some men’s prayers. \Var is the bubcher shop of diplomacy. A man may need other things more than money, but he wanbsvmoney more than anything else. - - - A h...“ maunemn” than anyvmng Unav- Matnmony is me to some, and “ plzen” to othem. A woman with a broken heart receives forty times as much sympathy as a man does in the same fix. A profane oath 1s a mallgnann tumor in the body of language. marry either. It takes two, 01 course, w make a. quarrelâ€"or a. marriage. \Nhy is this '1’ “ Young people nowadays want so begin where their fathers left 01".” "Men are made so comfortable at present in their clubs." “ College-bred girls have no taste for housekeeping." " Rents arc 1nunv§nna ” are muuu an ou.u.v--_v.o _ their clubs." “College-bred girls have towa no taste for housekeeping.” " Rents are Nobc so high and manners so luxurious.” “ lat Good heavens, what silly trash, what the! puerile nonsense! Are we all little boys men' and girls, I ask you, that we are to put Ibel one another oil with such transparent in u humbug? Here we have to deal with 3 rom: ,primitive instinctâ€"the profoundcst and take deemstâ€"seated instinct of humanity, save don’ only the instincts of food and drink and in c of self-preservation, Man, like all other our animals, has two main functions 2 to feed pres his own organism, and to reproduce his ma: species. Ancestral habit leads him, when fort mature, to choose himself a mateâ€"be- cun cause he loves her. It drives him, it me: urges him, it goads him irresistibly. lf ‘ this profound impulse is really lacking , to-day in any large part of our race, there must be some correspondingly pro- found and adequate reason for it. Don’t let us deceive ourselves with shallow platitudes which may do for drawing- rooms. This is philosophy, even though post-prandial. Let us try to take a. philo- sophic View of the question at issue, from the point of vantage of a biological out- look. Before you begin to investigate the cause of a phenomenon, “quelconque,” ’tis well to decide whether the phoneme- non itself is thereto investigate. Tak- ing society throughoutâ€"not in the sense of those "forty families" to which the term is restricted by Lady Charles Bares- fordâ€"l doubt whether marriage is much out of fashion. Statistics show a certain decrease, it is true, but not an alarming one. Among the laboring classes, I iin- agine men, and also women, still wed pretty frequently. \Vhen people say, “Young men won‘t marry nowadays,” they mean young men in a particular stratum of society, roughly bounded by a silk hat on Sunda 's. Now, when you andI were young (I take it for granted that you and I are approaching the fif- n did many; even within if; ties), young me of this restricted area, ’twas their whole- form an attachment some way in life to early with some nice girl in their own set, and to start at least with the idea of marrying her. Toward that goal they ‘ worked; for that end they endured and sacrificed many things. True, even then, the long engagement was the rule; but the long engagement itself meant some persistent impulse, some strong impetus marriagewards. The desire of the man to make this woman his own, the longing to make this woman happyâ€"normal and healthy endowments of our racewhad still much driving power. Nowadays, I seriously think I observe in most young men of the middle class around me a dis- tinct and disastrous weakening of the impulse. They don‘t {all in love as frankly, as honestly, as irretrievably as they used to do. They shilly-shally, they pick and choose, they discuss, they criticise. They say themselves these futile foolish things about the club, and the flat, and the cost of livin". They believe in Malthus. Fancy a young man who believes in Malthus! They seem in no hurry at all to get married. But thirty or forty years ago young men used to rush by blind instinct into the toils of matrimonyâ€"because they couldn’t help themselves. Such Laodicean lukewarm- ness betokens in the class which exhibits it a weakening of impulse. That weak- ening of impulse is really what we have to account for. Youn men of a certain type don’t marry. accuse-they are less of young --.u ‘ H l Wave and. “find and willow tree ,A ”A mnl‘ ln‘nwm THE DECLINE 0F MARRIAGE. A Song of Three Singers. Stub Ends of Thought. Youni men of a. certain type don't. marry, amuseâ€"they are? less of young men than formerly. “711d animals in confinement seldory Pgogagate their kind. , _..:n -Andnnn wuunuwvnu ..... _ ‘ - ‘ Only a few caged birds will continue their species. Whatever upsets the bal- ance of the organism in an individual or a. race tends first of all to affect the rate of reproduction. Civilize the red man, and he begins to decrease at once in urn the Sandwich Islands into a trading community and the native Hawaiian refuses forthwith to give host- ages to fortune. Tahiti is dwindling. From the moment the Tasmanians were taken to Norfolk Island, not a single Tas- manian baby was born. The Jesuits made a model community of Far v, but they altered the habits of the am- guayans so first that the reverend fath- ers, who were, of course, themselves celi- bates, were compelled to take strenuous and even grotesque measures to prevent the complete and immediate extinction of their converts. Other cases in abund- ance {I might quote and I would, but I ~ "‘1. .‘_- Avumnfl +1. uuw LL uu uv 1â€"-VV WW _ limit myszlf to thcsa. They suffice to exhibit the general principle involved; any grave upset in the conditions of life affects first and at once the fertility of a. spgcies. B on». P?‘ But colonists often increase with ra- pidity.” Ay, merry, do they, where the conditions of life are easy. , At the pres- ent day most colonists go to fairly civil- ized regions; they are transported to their new home by steamboat and railway; they find for the most part more abund- ant prevender and more wholesome surâ€" roundings than in their native country. There is no real upset. Better food and easier life, as Herbert Spencer has shown, result (other things egg) in increased EN do not marry nowadays. 1 So everybody tells us. And I suppose we may therefore conclude, by a. simple act of inference, that women in turn don’t. It takes two, of course, to idea they 31'? ‘isli haste, to learn that Argentines or CNN, bells-SW Ur Uuiuuuw. \___ _ , v ination.) The tapee icks perpetually in our ears the last quotation in Eries‘, the telephone rings us up at inconvenient moments. Something is always happen- ing somewhere to disturb our equanim- ity; we tear open the Times with fever- J abez Balfour has fallen, that Matabele» land has been painted rod, that shares ated. Life is one turmOil oi eicitenieni and bustle. Financially, ’tis a series 01 dissolving views; personally, ’tis a rush; socially, 'tis a mosa‘c oi deftly-fitted en- gagements. Drop out one piece, and you can never replace it. The first generation after Stephenson and the Rocket pulled through with it . somehow. They inherited the sound constitutions of the men who sat on rusâ€" tic seats in the gardens of the twenties. The second generationâ€"that’s you and meâ€"ielt the strain more severely; new machines had come in to make lite still more complicated; sixpenny telegrams, Bell and Edison, submarine cables, even- ing papers, perturbations pouring in from all Sides incessantly; the suburbs grow- ing, the hubbub increasing, metropolitan railways, trams, bicycles innumerable; but natheless we still endured, and pre- sented the world all the same with a third generation. That third generation -â€"ali me! there comes the pity of it! One fancies the impulse to marry and rear 8. family has wholly died out of it. It seemsto have died out most in the class where the strain and stress are greatest. I don’t think young men 01 4.... ”in“ fll-dfl.\' have the same feelings third generation. 'l‘nat mum. guuvxomuu -â€"ah me 1 there comes the pity of it! One fancies the impulse to marry and rear 8. family has wholly died out of it. It seems to have died out most in the class where the strain and stress are ‘ greatest. I don’t think young men ol that class to-day have the same feelings towards women of their sort as formerly. Nobody, I trust, will mistake me for a “ laudator temporis acti ;” in most ways the modern young man is a vast improvc- ment on you and me at twenty-five. But I believe there is really among young men in towns less chivalry, less devotion, lass romance than there used to be. That, 1 take it, is the true reason why young men 1 don’t marry. With certain classw and , in certain placesa primitive instinct of - our race has Weakened. I think the 1 present crisjs in the English marriage -. market is due, nottoelubs or the oom- fort of bachelor quarters, but to the 1 var excite- - cumulative effect of neri'uus o memo. 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